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thank you for joining us. let's touch on occupy, a movement that changes, transformed our politics last fall. sort of went into a hibernation over the winter. what role do you think it could can, should, might play in framing the presidential debate? >> well, first of all i don't speak occupy wall street. i try to speak up for occupy wall street when they come under attack. clearly we were headed to a disaster. both parties were talking about austerity and cutbacks back in august, the grass tops could in the stop them. nobody could stop them. both political parties were going for some grand bargain that was not going to be grand or a bargain for working families. these folks showed up in tents and sleeping bagged and obliterated the austerity monopoly and now we can talk about wall street run amok, politics and the widening gap of haves and have nots in our country. i'm excited to see what they're going to do tomorrow. for those who are big fans of occupy it's a chance to talk about how we begin to solve some
thank you for joining us. let's touch on occupy, a movement that changes, transformed our politics last fall. sort of went into a hibernation over the winter. what role do you think it could can, should, might play in framing the presidential debate? >> well, first of all i don't speak occupy wall street. i try to speak up for occupy wall street when they come under attack. clearly we were headed to a disaster. both parties were talking about austerity and cutbacks back in august, the...
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they still want to enslave us but they're nicer to us. that's uncle tom. someone said you called them uncle tom. they're nice. uncle tom was nice, too. they're all just nice to the wrong people. >> eliot: your logic in attacking them speaks to the larger hypocrisy which is that they pretend they're in fact appealing to the interest of middle class folks or those who believe in expansive view of civil rights but when you scrape away the top surface there's nothing there. >> refer the right wing to geo -- they're rich, white guys, mostly. and frankly they're pretty well. they're gay but they can afford their own healthcare. they don't worry about this. i think they forgot what it was like to be 15 and bullied. if someone want to say to me i'm worried about the taxes i would say and i don't believe in global warming and i want to spend more on the military and there, i'm -- therefore, i'm going to vote republican, i accept that but when they tell me they're voting for mitt romney with this anti-gay platform as a way to advance gay rights, that's misleading. t
they still want to enslave us but they're nicer to us. that's uncle tom. someone said you called them uncle tom. they're nice. uncle tom was nice, too. they're all just nice to the wrong people. >> eliot: your logic in attacking them speaks to the larger hypocrisy which is that they pretend they're in fact appealing to the interest of middle class folks or those who believe in expansive view of civil rights but when you scrape away the top surface there's nothing there. >> refer the...
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and there's only one place you'll find us: weeknights on current tv. after the commercial. >> it is a combination of low self-esteem, low blood sugar and missing red wine with my -- and mixing red wine with my painkillers. >> sitting in the oval office, president obama is picking individuals to target for death. droughns are dispatched pursuant to presidential order killing terrorists and those nearby. is this an act of war justified by law or an overreach of executive power with no congressional or judicial oversight? joining me to talk about his "new york times" op-ed, the legal fob between war and peace. thank you for your time professor. >> thank you for having me. >> first explain to us this fundamental distinction you set out in your opinioned and law enforcement and what follows from that in terms of presidential power. >> william, those constitutional law and international law turn on the distinction between war and peace. the ledge the it macy need that distinction to work but it's been hard to figure out what the difference is. >> if this wer
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tico thank you for joining us tonight. you were at the meeting where representatives of the president sort of said to the leadership of the gay community. we're not going to sign this order. tell us about it. >> this wednesday the senior staff of the white house summoned four national lgbt leaders to the white house. we met in the war room where the great world war ii was stat guised and executed and for two hours we talked and there was basically a slow-motion train wreck. they talked for two hours without giving one single valid reason why the president would not sign this executive order. >> at a political level, the community has been very supportive of this president. so there was a sense at a minimum this order was going to be signed. >> our community as largely supported the president. and he has done very well by our community. he has done more for community. >> explain what this would have meant. explain what the scope of this executive order would have been. >> 22% of all jobs in the united states are covered by
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likes to spread democracy, but why don't we like to use it. that's coming up. >> eliot: mitt romney double talks on healthcare again. that's later in the show. and after "viewpoint," joy behar say anything, coming up, a great show. joining us jennifer granholm at its new time 10:00 p.m. eastern 9:00 central. more "viewpoint" coming up next. (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. >> eliot: consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds as ralph ralph said, but a total lack of constancy has sure created a tough situation for mitt romney whose own campaign of course, first used the etch-a-sketch metaphor to describe him to all journalists' delight. yesterday's new chapter in the unraveling of mitt as a clea
likes to spread democracy, but why don't we like to use it. that's coming up. >> eliot: mitt romney double talks on healthcare again. that's later in the show. and after "viewpoint," joy behar say anything, coming up, a great show. joining us jennifer granholm at its new time 10:00 p.m. eastern 9:00 central. more "viewpoint" coming up next. (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been...
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tell us about that. that had to be disheartening. >> when you're in government you want to believe in law enforcement leaders, put your trust in them that they do the right thing. even when time goes by and no cases are arriving, you want to give them the benefit of the doubt. in 2009, because kauffman was going to be chairing an oversight hearing it was clear that they were being passive. the attorney general lanny brewer said i'm depending on the pipeline to bring me cases. eric holder said he was going to make this a top priority. but they only announced the formation of the task force so they would have something to show and tell at the hearing. it was mere window dressing. a year later senator chuck grassley said the task force was just a press release committee. they were not making it a priority and now there were these generalities how by any objecttive measure they were bringing cases but they were all small-fry cases. they were not addressing why they were not level wall street executives, and
tell us about that. that had to be disheartening. >> when you're in government you want to believe in law enforcement leaders, put your trust in them that they do the right thing. even when time goes by and no cases are arriving, you want to give them the benefit of the doubt. in 2009, because kauffman was going to be chairing an oversight hearing it was clear that they were being passive. the attorney general lanny brewer said i'm depending on the pipeline to bring me cases. eric holder...
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i think the software, the investigators were using was used on american servers and when the evidence is finally brought to light they potentially breached the -- in the united states. you treat those far more seriously than we do in the u.k. >> eliot: tom, i think you're right. it is almost impossible when you look at how many people were hacked thousands of people over in great britain. many of whom traveled the world and were in los angeles new york, all over the convince. when they were hacking, they did not differentiate based upon where they were. they went after the phone number. i think as you point out, it is almost inevitable that information, with respect to hacking will end up proving out to violations of law here in the united states. tom watson, member of the british parliament and author of the recently published book "dial m for murdoch." thank you so much for your time. we look forward to have you back. >> thanks very much. >> eliot: the big banks and their poster boy jamie dimon. has he skated through the financial crisis our conversation is with you the viewer becau
i think the software, the investigators were using was used on american servers and when the evidence is finally brought to light they potentially breached the -- in the united states. you treat those far more seriously than we do in the u.k. >> eliot: tom, i think you're right. it is almost impossible when you look at how many people were hacked thousands of people over in great britain. many of whom traveled the world and were in los angeles new york, all over the convince. when they...
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this should give us pause. as the new york sometimes detail in a penetrating story about how the so-called dill list is generated, the vetting of names and targets by intelligence agencies produced almost a baseball card selection process for the president. we know that noncombatants can be deemed so-called collateral damage, but it has been minimized by the claim that any male of military service age who is that close physically close to an intended target must be a militant himself. this clever sleight of hand doesn't with with stand scrutiny. drones attack is minimal risk to us, but as appealing as these drone attacks may be, this president is not without cause for concern. we must ask ourselves whether we've created a decision process that too readily grants one branch of government unchecked authority over military force. what proof has been required to place anyone and the people around him on the kill list and what limits the president's authority to kill. if he can do it in yemen can he do it in england
this should give us pause. as the new york sometimes detail in a penetrating story about how the so-called dill list is generated, the vetting of names and targets by intelligence agencies produced almost a baseball card selection process for the president. we know that noncombatants can be deemed so-called collateral damage, but it has been minimized by the claim that any male of military service age who is that close physically close to an intended target must be a militant himself. this...
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thanks for joining us tonight. nancy, i've gotta ask you everybody knows the first stage of grief is denial. i don't want to suggest it but do you accept the fact that, in fact, the gender gap has disappear and that somehow we're in a new world in terms of how women are voting in this campaign? >> eliot, i don't. i think that the gallup poll is an outlier here. i think that quite conhest i the entire campaign has been about drawing the contrast between president obama who has stood with women the affordable care act whether it was lilly lilly ledbetter and a guy in mitt romney who believes women should be in binders and as though he doesn't even know some of the women he could bring to his cabinet. so i don't believe at the end of the day that gender gap that you're seeing a little bit of now is going to present itself in the voting booth. i believe that women are going to vote for barack obama because they understand what's at stake. and they understand that their reproductive rights and the right to an abortion i
thanks for joining us tonight. nancy, i've gotta ask you everybody knows the first stage of grief is denial. i don't want to suggest it but do you accept the fact that, in fact, the gender gap has disappear and that somehow we're in a new world in terms of how women are voting in this campaign? >> eliot, i don't. i think that the gallup poll is an outlier here. i think that quite conhest i the entire campaign has been about drawing the contrast between president obama who has stood with...
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he's getting us out. yet the language and emotional impetus of what we hear from mitt romney-- >> and there is a political point. leaving aside the merits of the case. the republicans forever have been saying we're prepared to use force and democrats aren't. we're in a different world now. the republican constituency does not want us to be in iran. they don't want us to be in afghanistan. simply as a political gesture it's a loser. >> eliot: which is why the fascinating point, both with respect to iraq, jon which you addressed, and syria jim which you addressed pulling back at the same time he uses the tough language to appeals to the pound-the-table bellicose language that the republican party wants to assert. >> you might ask what is the connection between increasing by two, three four percent what is already the biggest defense budget and bigger than any defense budgets put together, how is increasing that increasing our security? paul ryan said that the terrorists would be afraid of us if we spent mor
he's getting us out. yet the language and emotional impetus of what we hear from mitt romney-- >> and there is a political point. leaving aside the merits of the case. the republicans forever have been saying we're prepared to use force and democrats aren't. we're in a different world now. the republican constituency does not want us to be in iran. they don't want us to be in afghanistan. simply as a political gesture it's a loser. >> eliot: which is why the fascinating point, both...
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i went to a number of women's groups can you help us find folks, and they brought us binders full of women. >> eliot: but according to the coalition groups at a fill those binders romney told the story backyards. she told the "huffington post" that hiving top-level women was an initiative of women's organizations to make it be something that he had to follow through on. he didn't go out looking for these binders. romney also bled a bit when he dualed with the president over their personal investments. >> romney: mr. president, have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take me long. >> eliot: and romney struggled over the strike that killed four americans in ben gas did i. >> obama: the day after the attack i stood in the rose garden and told the american people of the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened. that this was an act of terror. >> romney: you said in the rose garden the day after the attack that it was an act of terror? it was not a spontaneous
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that brings us to the number of the day. less than one percent. that's how much of the earth's surface was covered by arctic ice by the end of august. this is less than half of what it was in 30 years ago. now we all learned in grammar school that light colors such as white reflect heat. and dark colors such as black absorb it. so a generation ago we had three million square miles of white ice bouncing solar radiation off the earth's surface. now more than 1.5 million square miles of that area is dark water. which is absorbing the solar energy. prospects are slim that our government will take meaningful action. although the president mentioned carbon pollution last night climate change is accelerating, and republicans still refuse to admit it's even a problem. but as the president said, global warming is not a hoax. and it is gaining on us. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. 13 >> eliot: we all hate paying taxes but boy d
that brings us to the number of the day. less than one percent. that's how much of the earth's surface was covered by arctic ice by the end of august. this is less than half of what it was in 30 years ago. now we all learned in grammar school that light colors such as white reflect heat. and dark colors such as black absorb it. so a generation ago we had three million square miles of white ice bouncing solar radiation off the earth's surface. now more than 1.5 million square miles of that area...
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ideas can bring us together. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show. premiers tonight at 11 eastern/ 8 pacific. only on current tv. >> eliot: this week something remarkable happened. the federal judge in new york entered a order stopping the government from enforcing farther of a statute designed to permit the prosecution of those who assisted terrorists. the statute was so broad and ambiguous that it could be used to prosecute journalists and the basic first amendment rights could be infringed upon. they could have further clarified but it was voted down. joining me now is bruce lead counsel on the case that brought the surprising unexpected and good result. thanks for your time, bruce. first of all, tell us what the statute is and why in your view and now the judge that it was overly broad. >> the statute stated anyone could be brought into military detention for the duration of hostilities, and we know that means indefinitely. >> eliot: do you mean the government can't make it a crime to support a terrorist group. >> yes, it could be a crime. >> eli
ideas can bring us together. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show. premiers tonight at 11 eastern/ 8 pacific. only on current tv. >> eliot: this week something remarkable happened. the federal judge in new york entered a order stopping the government from enforcing farther of a statute designed to permit the prosecution of those who assisted terrorists. the statute was so broad and ambiguous that it could be used to prosecute journalists and the basic first amendment rights could be...
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taking savings from savers to people who want to use it, to use the savings. and the savings takes the form of a debt contract. our system has extraordinarily brilliant ways of creating debt. our whole banking system is designed to create it. if you start off in an economy with prices that are quite low with an economy that is growing rapidly, creating debt and assumeing debt, in other words taking on debt contracts look like an aincredibly attractive way of making money. if the assets you're buying with debt do well, the prices rise, you make good profits you'll make enormous improvements with your wealth because it's in the nature of the debt contract, but what you're paying to the people who have lent you the money is fixed. but the value of what you bought with the debt contract can soar relative to that and you can make unbelievable returns. that's what happens in a bubble, in a boom. more and more people take on debt. more and more people make money out of this, and it becomes a mania. when it becomes a crash. when you get the crash you have a colossal p
taking savings from savers to people who want to use it, to use the savings. and the savings takes the form of a debt contract. our system has extraordinarily brilliant ways of creating debt. our whole banking system is designed to create it. if you start off in an economy with prices that are quite low with an economy that is growing rapidly, creating debt and assumeing debt, in other words taking on debt contracts look like an aincredibly attractive way of making money. if the assets you're...
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explain this to us? >> well, they spend a ton of money on lobbying, they spend on campaign contributions and they seemingly spend a lot on campaign expenditures, but a lot of that is a drop in the bucket when you look at the fact that they're made up of 4 million members, a lot of whom are hardcore single-issue voters. they go and make their voices heard. they call the offices, they send in mail. the thing that powers them is not the money but their manpower and also a lot of mythology about their power that they held republicans win in 1994. that they caused al gore to lose the white house in 2000. a lot of that mythology has been built up both by the nra and consultants in the past who would say let's not talk about gun control. in a lot of ways that has led to an increase decrease of the gun control lobby who are running on less money over the past few years until mayor michael bloomberg got involved. >> eliot: i don't buy the notion that they caused al gore the white house, but the larger point that
explain this to us? >> well, they spend a ton of money on lobbying, they spend on campaign contributions and they seemingly spend a lot on campaign expenditures, but a lot of that is a drop in the bucket when you look at the fact that they're made up of 4 million members, a lot of whom are hardcore single-issue voters. they go and make their voices heard. they call the offices, they send in mail. the thing that powers them is not the money but their manpower and also a lot of mythology...
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joining us now to tell us why this is the first oil industry veteran who is author of "disaster on the horizon" and founder and editor of "the daily hurricane." bob, thanks for coming back and spending time with us again. is there any question in your mind that senior executives at bp knew that the order of magnitude of oil gushing into the gulf was far greater than they were admitting to the public? >> eliot, there's no doubt. the one thing that is important to understand about the oil and gas industry when there's a major event is that after knowing if there are any injuries or casualties the next thing the chief executive officer wants to know are -- executive wants to know is how bad was the damage. so i have no doubt in my mind that the bp executives new the numbers that the engineer kurt mix was putting out. kurt mix's emails early on why is that so important in terms of both the damages that can be paid, the environmental damage and how you address the magnitude and how you fix it. tell us why that volume number is so critical. >> the volume number is critical at the time of the
joining us now to tell us why this is the first oil industry veteran who is author of "disaster on the horizon" and founder and editor of "the daily hurricane." bob, thanks for coming back and spending time with us again. is there any question in your mind that senior executives at bp knew that the order of magnitude of oil gushing into the gulf was far greater than they were admitting to the public? >> eliot, there's no doubt. the one thing that is important to...
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thank you for joining us. >> thank you for inviting me. >> eliot: for those of us who are old enough the bond movies you're q and bond all in one. you create the disguises, the exciting way to get people out of a country. you go in, you do it all this is incredible. >> well, i think somebody needs to do it. and guess what, they're doing it better than i did these days. >> eliot: it's a fascinating thing. you joined the c.i.a. in 1965, am i correct? >> that's right. >> eliot: and at the time because of your artistic skills you were in charge of disguises. tell us about that. what was that all about? >> the way you work in the field you need to be invisible half the time. so you got to have alternate identities and the various ways of using and making those is a big part of the espionage business. it's kind of like robbing banks when nobody knows the money is gone. you go back each week and take more money. >> eliot: again i think you're eagle extraordinarily modist. you were devicing, building these tricky devices. i saw one reference to cats with microphones on them. and high tech, h
thank you for joining us. >> thank you for inviting me. >> eliot: for those of us who are old enough the bond movies you're q and bond all in one. you create the disguises, the exciting way to get people out of a country. you go in, you do it all this is incredible. >> well, i think somebody needs to do it. and guess what, they're doing it better than i did these days. >> eliot: it's a fascinating thing. you joined the c.i.a. in 1965, am i correct? >> that's right....
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it's great for us to talk about, but at the end of the day did they really matter that much? >> you are right although the swing state voters won't will so differentiated from the national poles. joe, but she is right, we are going toe be looking very soon only at ohio and the other swing states, and the rest of the guys, you won't matter. you are predictable. >> if you are talking about those states particularly the rust belt, ohio pennsylvania indiana, i think they resinate. certainly in detroit they do, where you have romney not winning the popular republican primary vote in his own home state, and that's largely -- he won the primary, but it was a struggle. it should haven't been as difficult as it was. certainly that is because a lot of the message that his republican opponents was about capitalism downsizing and the fact that romney didn't support the detroit auto rescue. i think the swing states come into sharper focus when that does happen. >> but there is -- this is what you and i and i'm sure joe as well, think that mitt romney has to focus on. there does seem to be
it's great for us to talk about, but at the end of the day did they really matter that much? >> you are right although the swing state voters won't will so differentiated from the national poles. joe, but she is right, we are going toe be looking very soon only at ohio and the other swing states, and the rest of the guys, you won't matter. you are predictable. >> if you are talking about those states particularly the rust belt, ohio pennsylvania indiana, i think they resinate....
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what do you have for us tonight govern? >> don't, we make a return trip to president obama's war room in chicago. i sat down with david axelrod, and he's going to give us the latest on the obama campaign playbook. we're also going to talk with douglas brinkley, presidential historian. he'll be discussing the romney nomination and his new book. we'll go the north carolina to talk about the controversyies surrounding the politics there. >> eliot: david axelrod is the wizard who took barack obama who is a brilliant speaker and turned him into the president. he has all the answers. >> totally charming, just a great guy. >> eliot: i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
what do you have for us tonight govern? >> don't, we make a return trip to president obama's war room in chicago. i sat down with david axelrod, and he's going to give us the latest on the obama campaign playbook. we're also going to talk with douglas brinkley, presidential historian. he'll be discussing the romney nomination and his new book. we'll go the north carolina to talk about the controversyies surrounding the politics there. >> eliot: david axelrod is the wizard who took...
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is shareholder power and is using shareholder power the smart next step in the lever we can use? >> i think it has to be because the government can't doing the job. and they are not doing the job we need them to do. i think shareholders obviously are only going to care about the bottom line. but the bottom line with these companies is that fraud and poor corporate government just don't pay. and i think shareholders are going to realize that and start to make demands of these corrupt executives like citigroup did the other day. >> we have reference points to suggest shareholders are waking up. citigroup's shareholders shareholders -- standing up. we don't want corporate money flowing into these corporate entitities. can shareholders say we just want you to do your job? father would you be supportive of that. if shareholdered were presented with an option to save the companies, just get out of that business? >> yes, absolutely. this is not appropriate for a bank like wells fargo, here we in california we are attempting to address the actions the banks have taken. stop bank rolling
is shareholder power and is using shareholder power the smart next step in the lever we can use? >> i think it has to be because the government can't doing the job. and they are not doing the job we need them to do. i think shareholders obviously are only going to care about the bottom line. but the bottom line with these companies is that fraud and poor corporate government just don't pay. and i think shareholders are going to realize that and start to make demands of these corrupt...
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but move it does, which brings us to the number of day--16. that's how many banks have received subpoenas in this growing scandal. along with the seven banks we have known about before today the wall street journal reported nine other banks were served in september and august. these include major financial institutions such as bank of america. bank of tokyo credit swees and the royal babank of canada. but that should not be a surprise. because 20 banks set up libor which helps define interest rates between banks. with just three banks involved it would be difficult to manipulate the rate. banks cry out once again for deregulation and free market fundamentalist maintain the business world can police itself the libor current tv encourages you to vote on november 6th but just as importantly to take the time to learn about each candidate's stance on the issues that matter to you. to help you make informed decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. vote smart. our democracy depends on an informed electorate. >> eli
but move it does, which brings us to the number of day--16. that's how many banks have received subpoenas in this growing scandal. along with the seven banks we have known about before today the wall street journal reported nine other banks were served in september and august. these include major financial institutions such as bank of america. bank of tokyo credit swees and the royal babank of canada. but that should not be a surprise. because 20 banks set up libor which helps define interest...
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a few of us will return. he was assailed at home for what didn't happen is it was not embraced at all in israel. the president of israel said this is extraordinary netanyahu netanyahu-- >> eliot: i for one could never understand what his game plan was. i want to switch gears and understand what role egypt is playing in this. how do you understand what mohammed morsi is doing. is he trying to thread a more sophisticated needle and maintain egypt somewhat in the role of intermediary. >> absolutely. and he's trying to show off his domestic base. they are threatening him so he doesn't want to see this radicalization. there is enormous anger in egypt what is going on in gaza, you he's trying to preserve his base, preserve his relationship with egypt, assert his new role in the region. that's why he sent his prime minister to gaza. you're seeing more foreign dignitaryies visit gaza than has in the last four years. >> eliot: is there anything that he could really do? >> it's really striking that obama has taken the
a few of us will return. he was assailed at home for what didn't happen is it was not embraced at all in israel. the president of israel said this is extraordinary netanyahu netanyahu-- >> eliot: i for one could never understand what his game plan was. i want to switch gears and understand what role egypt is playing in this. how do you understand what mohammed morsi is doing. is he trying to thread a more sophisticated needle and maintain egypt somewhat in the role of intermediary....
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thank you both for joining us. it was not so much fun watching last night and today, i kind of had the sense that we've read at different points in our lives about the seven stages of grief. i kind of saw the democratic party working through the stages today. tim, let me ask you are they now beginning to deal with reality and figure out how to put these things back together? >> you know, i actually went back and rewatched the debate today. it was sort of less bad than i think people honestly -- maybe you think i'm in denial but i think this actually was not a tragic debate for the president. i thought he came across as sleepy and a step too slow but other than that, you know, he was fine under substance. he didn't have any notable gaffes. we're not talking about some malapropism that he had last night. he came across as steady and competent. i think you know, we all in the media and partisans on both sides want fireworks in these debates but i think for the low information voters who have been hearing this straw ma
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what have you got for us tonight, governor? >> jennifer: on the heels of the president's address to the united nations, we're going to put foreign policy in the context of course the upcoming election. we'll talk iran and the new dynamics of the middle east with p.j. crowley former assistant secretary of state. and then we're only a little over a week before the first presidential debate so tonight in "the war room," we're going to do some debate prep with republican strategist mark mckinnon and democratic campaign veteran fowler. it will be a great hour for the political junkies out there right here in "the war room." you gotta tune in. >> eliot: we'll be watching. more "viewpoint" coming right up. online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. v
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the federal statute us called into question. they will have to make their case for or against and will make their case on behalf of gay rights advocates saying that is unconstitutional. do they come in on the prop eight case? i think they will. >> they could use the prop eight case to make the more dramatic case that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. >> i don't think president obama's department will make that case. i think it will be done for them. >> something will happen after the election.
the federal statute us called into question. they will have to make their case for or against and will make their case on behalf of gay rights advocates saying that is unconstitutional. do they come in on the prop eight case? i think they will. >> they could use the prop eight case to make the more dramatic case that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. >> i don't think president obama's department will make that case. i think it will be done for them. >>...
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this game only goes unfortunately for some of us 167 more days. >> that's absolutely right. this is why he is going after bain, because if mitt romney cannot defend his record on bain, the totality of it being having saved more than lost, then president obama is going to win this argument can mitt romney actually defend his record and say because of what i have done as a governor and successful businessman, i am better on this economy. we're going to find out. this bain bain bain argument will be the entire campaign fight. >> i agree. all right. penny is bain a decoy? at some point the president has got to do something positive. he has been in charge. i have heard enough about bain. >> one thing you are seeing in that poll is you are seeing people are more hopeful than anxious. they are saying the economy he inherited was horrible but that they are moving forward and seeing positive growth and that is the first time we have seen it. and that place to the president's advantage. because mitt romney doesn't have a record to stand on. >> look i don't know where the optimism come
this game only goes unfortunately for some of us 167 more days. >> that's absolutely right. this is why he is going after bain, because if mitt romney cannot defend his record on bain, the totality of it being having saved more than lost, then president obama is going to win this argument can mitt romney actually defend his record and say because of what i have done as a governor and successful businessman, i am better on this economy. we're going to find out. this bain bain bain argument...
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let's use it. >> mr. obama focused on wind which he says provides 20% of the states power fly supply. he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street regulations by romney. >> he said he will let the big banks white write their own rules, unchain wall street. >> boo. >> going to put y'all back in chains. >> romney campaign spokes won and degree i can't demanded an apology saying in part, and i quote: the comments made by the vice president of the united states are not acceptable in our political discourse. president obama should tell the american people whether he agrees with joe biden's comments. >> obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter said campaign had quote no problem with thos
let's use it. >> mr. obama focused on wind which he says provides 20% of the states power fly supply. he tweaked his rfl. >> governor romney explained his energy policy this way: . i am quoting here you can't drive a car with a windmill on it. now, i don't know if he has tried that. i know he has had other things on his car. >> the legend of shamus the family drogba he drove to canada in a roof carrier. as did biden's unfetterred way calling to roll back wall street...
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they wrote the book "the rich and the rest of us." and they join us right now. let me start with dr. west. what went wrong? why under a democratic president, for example, did we not get a recovery that helped all of us but seemed to have helped mainly the1%? >> my dear brother cenk what we have is structural tendencies in the system itself so it is designed in such a way that the wealth goes up wages stagnate decline, and it is true for both parties. the democrats are better than the republicans in terms of making gestures, but in terms of the actual suffering, we need to look that -- poor people and working people are suffering. >> tavis, i know you have taken a lot of heat for criticizing the obama administration. why take that on when you know you are going to take the heat. and what got you so worked up that you were willing to go to that step? >> i prefer to say holding the president accountable as opposed to criticizing them. my job in the media and the job you do so is about holding people accountable and not allowing them to push agendas that won't help
they wrote the book "the rich and the rest of us." and they join us right now. let me start with dr. west. what went wrong? why under a democratic president, for example, did we not get a recovery that helped all of us but seemed to have helped mainly the1%? >> my dear brother cenk what we have is structural tendencies in the system itself so it is designed in such a way that the wealth goes up wages stagnate decline, and it is true for both parties. the democrats are better...
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he used to believe in climate change. when he admitted that in this campaign cycle rush limbaugh said bye-bye nomination. that didn't turn out to be true but romney did dial that back and say he is not sure about climate change. so that is definitely part of his strategy. >> is it fair to say that rush could be the most powerful man in the gop. >> he could be. when rush attacked sandra fluke and mitt romney's versus strong response was i wouldn't use those words. even mitt didn't have the backbone at that moment on a no-brainer. >> doesn't it seem like by saying the president is attacking can tallism what governor romney is trying to do is equate his own situation with bain with what capitalism is. >> if there is anyone who hates capitalism it is actually mitt romney. at bane he created at least a hundred thousand jobs. last month alone president obama created more jobs in one month than all the time mitt romney was at bain capital. >> so how does he make these arguments stick? >> well, i think that there is a long histor
he used to believe in climate change. when he admitted that in this campaign cycle rush limbaugh said bye-bye nomination. that didn't turn out to be true but romney did dial that back and say he is not sure about climate change. so that is definitely part of his strategy. >> is it fair to say that rush could be the most powerful man in the gop. >> he could be. when rush attacked sandra fluke and mitt romney's versus strong response was i wouldn't use those words. even mitt didn't...
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those of us who argued for many years on different levels that transparency is good for government. they had pushed hard, they didn't want the audio tapes, and they didn't want the cameras because they're afraid that the mystique will disappear if the public can see their reasoning. do you think if the public would sat there and saw it would they think less of it or more? >> they would think less of it because they would see that these are flawed human beings that sometimes don't make a whole lot of sense. but given this court that would be a good thing. for this court to undermine itself, that's a good thing for the country. >> interesting perspective. we'll have to have that conversation some other time. one of the great institutions that is maintained the stability of the democracy has been the court even after the bush v gore. many thanks. >> thank you. >> i'll weigh in with my thoughts of the republicans, the supreme court, and healthcare on viewpoint. transform the world through big ideas and innovation. to learn more go to current.com/scioniq. scion: what moves you. attack on
those of us who argued for many years on different levels that transparency is good for government. they had pushed hard, they didn't want the audio tapes, and they didn't want the cameras because they're afraid that the mystique will disappear if the public can see their reasoning. do you think if the public would sat there and saw it would they think less of it or more? >> they would think less of it because they would see that these are flawed human beings that sometimes don't make a...
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us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are going to certainly make a difference in this election. there is still a yawning gap between the way women and men view the competing tickets. did you think a year ago that abortion rights would be front and center in the campaign, or did you think, like the rest of us that the economy and jobs would dominate the discussion. >> people are having a hard time in the economy. we don't minimize that at all. but we've been watching this trend of war on women since 2010. and we saw the attacks immediately come on the issue of women's health,'s abort right
us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are...
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you became the master using executive power. president obama faces the same problem as we look at it, the range of issues that he has to deal with. take climate issues, for example. is there anything that he can do on that particular issue administratively? >> yes, i think in the second term in particular you have to learn to use the full sweep of the power you have under the constitution and the laws of the united states. you mentioned climate specifically. if you look at what the president has been able to accomplish it's really through the executive authority. he raised the average for automobiles and light trucks and now for heavy trucks. that's contributed significantly to reduction in co2 emissions in this country. president von trap kept his copenhagen pledge to keep his reduction on a basic 2005 level by 2020. that's because he has taken action not because a lot of has happened on the congressional side. on the recovery bill they did put in a fair amount of money and they doubled it. i think the first order of business h
you became the master using executive power. president obama faces the same problem as we look at it, the range of issues that he has to deal with. take climate issues, for example. is there anything that he can do on that particular issue administratively? >> yes, i think in the second term in particular you have to learn to use the full sweep of the power you have under the constitution and the laws of the united states. you mentioned climate specifically. if you look at what the...
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help us expand the middle class. you would think that maybe that was the lesson learned here in congress sadly had hasn't been. >> you say it, often i think about the day that you talk about, my heart starts pounding quickly and i get upset. you're right. this is exactly the conundrum we're facing. there is no sense when you watch and listen to jamie dimon or his colleagues that they acknowledge that structurally there is a problem there. one issue that did not come up today, an issue that you've been rightly focusing on is his presence on the new york fed. this concentration of power and capital that they simply refuse to unwind. nobody asked him about that. how is that possible? >> eliot, it is really quite astounding. you understand why congress has the 14 or 15% favorability. what i introduced was i thought was extremely conservative. most americans think it would be crazy to have among others the head of the largest financial institution in america jamie dimon of jp morgan chase sitting on the new york fed when
help us expand the middle class. you would think that maybe that was the lesson learned here in congress sadly had hasn't been. >> you say it, often i think about the day that you talk about, my heart starts pounding quickly and i get upset. you're right. this is exactly the conundrum we're facing. there is no sense when you watch and listen to jamie dimon or his colleagues that they acknowledge that structurally there is a problem there. one issue that did not come up today, an issue...
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thank you for joining us. good luck. man, you are a testament to perseverance and faith. >> thank you so much for having me. >> eliot: damian and the other members of the west memphis three continue to fight for their full exoneration
thank you for joining us. good luck. man, you are a testament to perseverance and faith. >> thank you so much for having me. >> eliot: damian and the other members of the west memphis three continue to fight for their full exoneration
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they'll use that influence. republicans may ice use money. there are plenty of democrats with punish. fewer today than four years ago. >> john: because they're liberals and he has not governed like a liberal? >> no, because in many cases he has been anti-business. there's are liberal business people who were for him on liberal policies but oppose him because he has been so anti-business. he has told them he does not want people to do well in business in america. that's why-- >> john: okay, i wish we had a whole segment to tear that last line apart. i was with you there but come on now. wow, free hallucinogenics with every purchase. i wish we had more time to talk about this. thank you for your time tonight. i hope to see you again soon. yeah, hates business. the fast and furious debacle has created bipartisanship it's go time! >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>overwhelming majority of the county says: "tax the rich don't go to war." desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleasant your hearts. >> the big one. >> steph
they'll use that influence. republicans may ice use money. there are plenty of democrats with punish. fewer today than four years ago. >> john: because they're liberals and he has not governed like a liberal? >> no, because in many cases he has been anti-business. there's are liberal business people who were for him on liberal policies but oppose him because he has been so anti-business. he has told them he does not want people to do well in business in america. that's why--...
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iit would be great to see us go further. germany makes up 70% of the lost wage, but if we say make up half of it, that's a with a wash. that requires no extra money than with what we have in the current system. >> eliot: just so i understand. the funds that make up these lost wages are contributions that come from workers during the period they're working partly from government, partly from the employer? >> exactly. just as-- >> eliot: the unemployment insurance. >> exactly. i should point out, i don't think this is one thing that people are aware of. the bill that was extended that congress approved back in january, earlier this year. they had a provision that has the federal government picking up the cost of these short-work programs. what that means is states want to save money, this is a great way, cal california has big budget problems. rather than laying people off and having them go on unemployment insurance which costs the states money. they cut back hours the federal government will pick up the tab. it's the easiest
iit would be great to see us go further. germany makes up 70% of the lost wage, but if we say make up half of it, that's a with a wash. that requires no extra money than with what we have in the current system. >> eliot: just so i understand. the funds that make up these lost wages are contributions that come from workers during the period they're working partly from government, partly from the employer? >> exactly. just as-- >> eliot: the unemployment insurance. >>...
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tell us briefly: how did sheila end up where she did? she went from a hard-working, business-starting individual a grandmother to being the face of the mortgage crisis. >> i heard from a lot of people this is the situation, you know, a snowball effect. there is something wrong, a health be problem or something like that. a car wreck. she started getting peppered with calls from a mortgage broker. she was a good mark, not much education, had never taken a mortgage out before she moved to florida. she had spent years in alaska and owned her house free and clear. when she got in that pipeline the subprime loan the mortgage servicer, you know made things worse. there were thelee late fees that get piled on. there is this treadmill you can't get off of. and, you know, i picked her because she -- everything happened to her that i wanted to talk about. >> just to begin with what i think is such a salie in. t point because there is a elect argument. too many people took on mortgages. some cull patienty on the borrowers. in this case, you have so
tell us briefly: how did sheila end up where she did? she went from a hard-working, business-starting individual a grandmother to being the face of the mortgage crisis. >> i heard from a lot of people this is the situation, you know, a snowball effect. there is something wrong, a health be problem or something like that. a car wreck. she started getting peppered with calls from a mortgage broker. she was a good mark, not much education, had never taken a mortgage out before she moved to...
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what have you got for us tonight? >> eliot, it is time to unleash the crackin' in the form of bubba, aka bill clinton of course. the former president on the trail in florida and he is going to be coming at least out swinging in the mother of all swing states which of course is florida. we'll talk about that with former san francisco mayor willie brown. great pundit that he is and poverty as a separate topic has reached untenable levels in this country. great crusader is starting a tour with dr. cornell west. and the stories on the latest in the chicago teacher's strike. we'll do all of that and of course we always -- i'm holding up my props here. this is the great ohio art etch-a-sketch but with our mitt romney knobs. this is the war room. this is a political junky show. we've got the best in political chorbkies. >> you have your own etch-a-sketch. >> where is etch-a-sketch made? >> this ohio art etch-a-sketch people is made in china! >> eliot: man even mitt romney's favorite toy has been outsourced. >> jennifer: (vo)
what have you got for us tonight? >> eliot, it is time to unleash the crackin' in the form of bubba, aka bill clinton of course. the former president on the trail in florida and he is going to be coming at least out swinging in the mother of all swing states which of course is florida. we'll talk about that with former san francisco mayor willie brown. great pundit that he is and poverty as a separate topic has reached untenable levels in this country. great crusader is starting a tour...
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. >> that's us he is referring to. the president got back down to business defining romney's views on the economy as little more than a rehash of george w. bush's failures. >> governor romney believes deeply in the theory we tried during the last decade the best way to grow the economy is from the top down. we tried this. their policies did not grow the economy. they did not grow the middle class. they did not reduce our deficit. why would we think that they would work better this time? [applause.] >> for those who think they wouldn't, mr. obama offered an alternative. >> i believe that you can't bring down the debt without a strong and growing economy. i believe you can't have a strong and growing economy without a strong and growing middle class. >> this has to be our north star: an economy that's built not from the top down but from a growing middle class. >> for more on today's contrasting speeches i am joined by felix sammon and nicholas from the "new york times." nick, let me start with you. was the president's s
. >> that's us he is referring to. the president got back down to business defining romney's views on the economy as little more than a rehash of george w. bush's failures. >> governor romney believes deeply in the theory we tried during the last decade the best way to grow the economy is from the top down. we tried this. their policies did not grow the economy. they did not grow the middle class. they did not reduce our deficit. why would we think that they would work better this...
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it touched virtually every sector of our economy and saved us from a depression. yet it is universally maligned and denigrated by both political parties and moot. how did they all misunderstand president obama's stimulus bill, and how have they all gotten it so wrong? joining me now is michael shure senior national correspondent for "time" and author of the fascinating and critically important new book, "the new new deal: the hidden story of change in the obama era." thank you for your time and your new book. >> thanks. >> eliot: how do you define success. you're saying clearly this thing worked, and everyone else is saying something else. >> the economic success. people don't remember because we had the financial earthquake but the tsunami had not hit the shore. gdp had fell to 9%. that's depression area. at that rate we would have lost canada in a year. the next quarter we had the biggest improvement in jobs in 30 years. of course today people are not happy we're gaining 150,000 jobs a month and gdp is only 1.5% to 2%. it's better than losing 9% and 800,000 jobs
it touched virtually every sector of our economy and saved us from a depression. yet it is universally maligned and denigrated by both political parties and moot. how did they all misunderstand president obama's stimulus bill, and how have they all gotten it so wrong? joining me now is michael shure senior national correspondent for "time" and author of the fascinating and critically important new book, "the new new deal: the hidden story of change in the obama era." thank...
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thank for your time tonight. >> great to be with you eliot. >> remind us -- explain to us again the import of the flow rate. what it means, and compare the numbers in these emails to what bp was saying at the time. >> well i got to tell you, eliot this is probably the most explosive story we have had since the blowout itself. we now -- at least the fbi alleged that bp knew what the flow rate of the well was, and they knew it was far higher than what the public estimates were. the one you mentioned that if the flow rate was over 15 billion a day they knew the top kill wouldn't work. and they went through that procedure anyway. and the most important thing probably is liability and damages were determined by the number of barrels that the well flowed into the water. bp never actually measured the flow of the well during that three-month period. it was all by estimates. some of us believe they didn't measure it intentionally and underestimated the flow of the well for months even for years. we now know it is much much higher than the flow they are saying. >> at that level the damages to be as
thank for your time tonight. >> great to be with you eliot. >> remind us -- explain to us again the import of the flow rate. what it means, and compare the numbers in these emails to what bp was saying at the time. >> well i got to tell you, eliot this is probably the most explosive story we have had since the blowout itself. we now -- at least the fbi alleged that bp knew what the flow rate of the well was, and they knew it was far higher than what the public estimates were....
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low taxes wasn't supposed to give us growth but it did. i'm sorry, not give us growth. all right. out of time. "viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." mitt romney wrapped up his whirlwind foreign tour today but he may be coming home to an even bigger disaster than he created over there. in an interview with "the huffington post," senate majority leader harry reid dove head first into the discussion over mitt romney's tax returns. reid says about a month go, a former investor in bain capital called his office and said romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. zero. i quote... i think everyone can agree that would not look good. but as much as romney's refusal to release more tax returns flies in the face of the president set by his own father, some still don't believe he needs to do it. >> if he had two years out then four. if he had four years out, they would want six. if he had six years out, they would want ten. >> what would you tell them? >> do what he feels like doing. this is his decision, fine, let's get on
low taxes wasn't supposed to give us growth but it did. i'm sorry, not give us growth. all right. out of time. "viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." mitt romney wrapped up his whirlwind foreign tour today but he may be coming home to an even bigger disaster than he created over there. in an interview with "the huffington post," senate majority leader harry reid dove head first into the...
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always come to our soccer games and take us out for the movies. i have to wonder what this experience has done to them. and whether or not we will ever meet again. >> a family reunion is unlikely. omar humammy is wanted by the fbi. and indicted. once considered a key figure of the leadership posting videos on youtube to recruit other westerners, he appears to have fallen out of favor with the very group he joined. he contacted me after posting a video on youtube. in one our first exchanges he told me i just know there are a lot of people who would like to see me dead. i asked if america is still a legitimate target? he responded they look at me to be a target so why should i not see them as a target. >> i say one thing without any reservations, not because i'm his father but my son, omar is the smartest person that i knew. >> how then do -- do you explain when you hear all of the atrocities that a group like committed. that you know this man is involved in that. >> in his mine he is fulfilling god's guidance to him. and no one can convince him oth
always come to our soccer games and take us out for the movies. i have to wonder what this experience has done to them. and whether or not we will ever meet again. >> a family reunion is unlikely. omar humammy is wanted by the fbi. and indicted. once considered a key figure of the leadership posting videos on youtube to recruit other westerners, he appears to have fallen out of favor with the very group he joined. he contacted me after posting a video on youtube. in one our first...
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double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what...